3 Days / 2 Nights

Day One

Depart from Durban early in the morning and drive up through the magnificent scenery of Tugela Ferry, passing through villages throbbing with life and local colour. This is the route followed by the British column en route to Rorke’s Drift, prior to the invasion of Zululand in 1879. We stop briefly at the Greytown Museum and then head on to Helpmekaar and finally Dundee, to find our accommodation for the night.
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Day Two

Today we visit the battlefield sites of Isandlwana, Rorke’s Drift and Fugitives’ Drift. At Isandlwana the British and Zulu clashed, this time to the detriment of the British. From there we move on to Fugitives’ Drift for an account of the saving of the Queen’s Colour, as well as an enjoyable lunch. During the afternoon we visit Rorke’s Drift for an account of the heroic defense of this outpost against the onslaught of over 4000 Zulus.
Overnight as last night.

Day Three

This morning we move 20 years on to the Boer War battlefields. We visit the town besieged for 118 days, Ladysmith, and drive to the summit of Spioenkop Mountain. This blood soaked acre is the battlefield site where the British made a second attempt to break through the Boer lines to reach Ladysmith. En route back to Durban, we will stop at the site of the capture of Winston Churchill on the armoured train.
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